This page has information on childhood obesity and prevention in the form of  a quick guide and guidelines on child obesity management.


Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the UK, with around “1 in 5 children leaving primary school obese”. Prevention is indispensable to overcoming this problem. The quick guide and guidelines available to download here have been created by the teams at SIGN, NICE and BMJ Best Practice to help to combat the issue.

Reference: Royal Society for Public Health